On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Bertrand, is a compressed archive of source a source or a binary? > > hehe...right, you said earlier in this thread that the file in > question is actually just compressed source code, is that correct?
That's correct. We ( the project ) were actually concerned that it was compiled python code. Benson is right. In reality, it's just compressed source. I have extracted it and reviewed the contents. It's the waf source. > If yes, it's just weird to include it in that form but I agree that > the "no binaries" problem is not that important then, if one can > decompress and verify the actual source code. The reason we don't > release binaries is that it's usually impossible to verify them as > being harmless. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
